China ready with its own stealth fighter jet

[beijingwalker]

China ready with its own stealth fighter jet
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 1

China is ready with its version of an operational stealth fighter jet and is set to induct the first lot anytime soon. The stealth fighter will put additional pressure on India in its defence preparedness plans as its neighbour races ahead in ramping up its air fleet, Army equipment, missiles and naval warships besides critical infrastructure like railways and road network. Arms race on

l China’s first lot of 24 stealth fighters is ready for induction

l The stealth fighter will put additional pressure on India in its defence preparedness plans

What is stealth

l No aircraft is totally invisible to radars. However, stealth technology makes it difficult for conventional radars to detect or track the fighter, vastly reducing the enemy capability to launch a successful counter-attack. Special paint and design is needed for stealth to be successful


China’s first lot of 24 stealth fighters is ready for induction, Indian security agencies have informed the government. The Chinese have named the fighter J-16, not to be confused with the under development fifth generation stealth fighter Chengdu J-20. However, unlike the Chengdu J-20, the J-16 is based on tried and tested platform of the Russian origin Sukhoi-30-MK2.

Though the Sukhoi-30 design is not ideal for stealth technology, the Chinese engineers have reportedly tweaked the wings and brought them more in line to provide it stealth, preventing enemy radars from picking it up to launch a counter-offensive, sources told The Tribune.

Beijing has named the J-16 as an ‘intermediate stealth fighter’ that will fill in till the originally planned fifth generation J-20 is inducted in 2017. Due to its size and weight, the J-20, probably, according to analysts, needs a set of newer, more powerful engines than the existing AL-31 engines borrowed from the Russian Sukhoi 27. Till then, as the J-20 develops, China has virtually changed the game in relation to India by developing the J-16 to meet its immediate needs. The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China was the first to show interest in the J-16. The Shenyang-based factory producing the plane has been asked to produce these with capability to fire anti-ship missiles, sources said.

The indication of the PLAN showing an interest is being keenly observed as the Sukhoi — on which the J-16 is based — can fly for long distances. India and China are competing to emerge as dominant navies in the region while the US has just announced its policy to shift focus to the Asia-Pacific region. India is co-designing and co-producing with Russia a fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) with stealth technology under a $35 billion programme. The plane code named PAK FA T-50 is being regularly test flown at KnAAPO’s airfield in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia. It is powered by Russian-origin AL-41-A engine which is much more powerful and some 150 kg lighter than the AL 31, powering the Chinese aircraft the J-20. However, the Indo-Russian fighter is unlikely to be inducted till 2017.

 

[Matrixx]

India is co-designing and co-producing with Russia a fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) with stealth technology under a $35 billion programme. The plane code named PAK FA T-50 is being regularly test flown at KnAAPO’s airfield in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia. It is powered by Russian-origin AL-41-A engine which is much more powerful and some 150 kg lighter than the AL 31, powering the Chinese aircraft the J-20. However, the Indo-Russian fighter is unlikely to be inducted till 2017.

 

[Skorpian]

I thought J-16 was a non-stealth strike variant of J-11.

 

[beijingwalker]

that confuses me also sometimes,in recent years,a dozen of different kinds of new airplanes appeared to serve different purposes,what a big boom for the airforce

 

[hawx]

according to this forum china has atleast 25 different types fighter jets in which half are 5,6,7th generation and so on,but tell me one thing why china is still using j10 ??? and that too with russian engines ????

 

[beijingwalker]

according to this forum china has atleast 25 different types fighter jets in which half are 5,6,7th generation and so on,but tell me one thing why china is still using j10 ??? and that too with russian engines ????

J-10 is a pretty new fighter,airplanes are not like cellphones,which you replace the new ones with old new every one or two years,a type of fighter plane serves up to more than 10 years.we used to use Russian engines for almost all of them but now we reduced to number to half,half using Russian engines,half using Chinese engines and engine research and development is on a fast track now,all international experts predict that China will replace all foreign engines with high performance Chinese engines in 5 years.

 

[ayachyan]

India is co-designing and co-producing with Russia a fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) with stealth technology under a $35 billion programme. The plane code named PAK FA T-50 is being regularly test flown at KnAAPO’s airfield in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia. It is powered by Russian-origin AL-41-A engine which is much more powerful and some 150 kg lighter than the AL 31, powering the Chinese aircraft the J-20. However, the Indo-Russian fighter is unlikely to be inducted till 2017.

good luck with your LCA and your stealth fighter jet CO-designing and CO-producing with Russia
and
watch out your wallet